5147.29
Collection and disbursal of prisoner's earnings from work-release program.

(A) A
prisoner participating in a work-release program shall surrender his earnings,
less standard payroll deductions required by law, to a person designated by the
court which has established the work-release program.

(B) The person designated by the court to collect the
earnings of the prisoner shall maintain complete and accurate records as to all
prisoners employed in a work-release program with respect to all moneys
received and disbursed. Each prisoner shall be furnished a written statement of
his account at least every sixty days.

(C) The earnings of the prisoner participating in a
work-release program shall be disbursed in the following order:

(1) Reimbursement of the county or city for
the direct costs of administering the program and the cost of boarding the
prisoner in accordance with division (D) of this section;

(2) Support of the prisoner's dependents as
ordered by the sentencing judge;

(3) Necessary travel expenses to and from
work and other expenses incidental to employment;

(4) Payment of fines, court costs, and debts
acknowledged by the prisoner in writing subsequent to his sentencing or which
have resulted in garnishment or other attachment of personal earnings;

(D) The court may establish rules to determine the
amount of the payments that are required to be made under division (C)(1) of
this section from a prisoner's earnings to reimburse the county or city for the
costs of boarding the prisoner while on the work-release program. The rules
shall require the payment for each day of boarding to be based upon a uniform
schedule based upon the average weekly earnings of the prisoner and upon the
number of persons actually dependent upon the prisoner for their support. The
payment may be less than, but shall not exceed, the actual cost of boarding the
prisoner for a day.